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  • Typed Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Asian American Political Alliance.

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    Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA) position paper

    The Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Typed Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action.

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    Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action (ICSA) position paper

    The Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action (ICSA).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Typed TWLF strike position paper for Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor.

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    Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE) position paper

    TWLF strike position paper for Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Four student leaders of the Third World Liberation Front march down a UC Berkeley street. A crowd marches behind them.

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    Third World Liberation Front Leaders

    TWLF leaders marching down Bancroft Way at UC Berkeley, c.1969 included (left to right) Charles Brown (Afro-American Student Union), Ysidrio Macias (Mexican American Student Confederation), LaNada Means (Native American Student Union), and Stan Kadani (Asian American political Alliance).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • A close-up of Robert “Bob” Illumin, a young man in a patterned blazer and collared shirt, as he speaks into microphones. Crowd stands behind him.

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    Robert “Bob” Illumin

    Robert “Bob” Illumin was active in the Philippine American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE) at San Francisco State. PACE formed in 1967 to offer tutoring and support academics, becoming one of three Asian American organizations to join the TWLF at San Francisco State.

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  • Harvey Dong, a young Chinese American man wearing glasses with thick frames and a dark colored sweater, laughs while seated at table.

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    Harvey Dong

    Harvey Dong grew up in Sacramento, the child of Chinese immigrants. At UC Berkeley he joined the Asian American Political Alliance and the TWLF strike, and was part of the group that moved into the community, helping to found Everybody Bookstore in the International Hotel.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Lillian Fabros, a young Filipino American woman in a loose, light colored top, smiles while crouching near artichokes growing in a field.

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    Lillian Fabros Bando, 1976

    Lillian Fabros, the daughter of Filipino immigrants, grew up working the fields in Salinas. She gained a social consciousness from these experiences and at UC Berkeley, joined the Asian American Political Alliance, protested the Vietnam War, and participated in the TWLF strike.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Kyoko Takenaka holding a guitar and signing into a microphone.

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    Kyoko Takenaka

    Kyoko Takenaka is a musician, filmmaker, performance artist, and Butoh dancer based across the US and Japan.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 1
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  • Jess X Snow dressed for the red carpet.

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    Jess x. Snow

    Jess X. Snow is a Chinese-diasporic filmmaker, multi-disciplinary artist, and poet.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 1
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  • Ruby Ibarra rapping in an auditorium with dancers behind her.

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    Ruby Ibarra

    Ruby Ibarra is a Pilipina American rapper, producer, and director who often performs in English, Tagalog, and Bisaya.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 1
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  • Chinese American chef Joyce Chen holds chopsticks and samples her food while smiling. Multiple dishes of food are displayed on the table before her.

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    Module 3: The Taste of Success

    Susie J. Pak

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    Asian American Pioneer Entrepreneurs: Realities of the American Dream
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  • TIME magazine cover entitled, "Those Asian American Whiz Kids." Six Asian American students pose, sitting and standing, in classroom.

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    Module 4: Asian Americans and the Different Realties of the American Dream

    Susie J. Pak

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    Asian American Pioneer Entrepreneurs: Realities of the American Dream
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    Chapter Overview: Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers’ Organizing

    Tracy Lai and Kim Geron

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  • A group of male laborers, wearing protective clothing and hats in a field, cut sugarcane and place them in wooden carts pulled by mules.

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    Module 1: Overview of Asian American Workers

    Tracy Lai and Kim Geron

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    Asian American Workers’ Organizing
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  • Painting of a vibrant sugarcane plantation and a snaking river that leads to a mill. Workers harvest sugarcane and use oxen to pull wagons.

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    Module 2: Hawaiian Plantation Workers Organize for Justice

    Tracy Lai and Kim Geron

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers’ Organizing
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  • Five female cannery workers, dressed in aprons, overalls, rubber boots, and bandanas, rest on a dock by the ocean and drink out of paper cups.

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    Module 3: Alaska Cannery Workers

    Tracy Lai and Kim Geron

    Chapter:

    Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers’ Organizing
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  • A Vietnamese female nail tech in an apron, face mask and latex gloves gives a customer a pedicure while seated in front of the customer and foot bath.

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    Module 4: Nail Salon Workers: Ethnic Labor Migration

    Tracy Lai and Kim Geron

    Chapter:

    Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers’ Organizing
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  • Union leaders, community organizers, and worker activists visit the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. The wall is topped with barbed wire and crosses.

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    Module 5: Contemporary Asian American Labor Organizing

    Tracy Lai and Kim Geron

    Chapter:

    Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers’ Organizing
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  • Set against gray fabric, this detailed story cloth shows Hmong people as they walk through lands with colorful buildings bisected by long river.

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    Hmong Americans

    Ma Vang

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